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Monday, June 23, 2014

The flawed US indictment of Chinese hackers

The flawed US indictment of Chinese hackers


In a week when the US and China engaged in a verbal slugfest over Beijing’s outsized hegemonic claims in the East and South China Seas and its attempts to bully Asian neighbors into tacit submission, it’s not easy to pen an essay warning US leaders that the May 19th indictment of five Chinese military hackers is factually weak and conceptually flawed. But in standing up to—and even taking action against—Beijing’s military and economic cyber sabotage, the United States needs to present the world with a more precise and clearly delineated defense of its action.

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